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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 四面楚歌
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 四面楚歌 | sì miàn chǔ gē | - lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) - fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 50,168 | 51,822 | 40,591 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 四 | sì | - four - 4 |
| 面 | miàn | - face - side - surface - aspect - top - classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc |
| 面 | miàn | - variant of 麵|面[mian4] |
| 面 | miàn | - flour - noodles - (of food) soft (not crunchy) - (slang) (of a person) ineffectual - spineless |
| 楚 | chǔ | - surname Chu - abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2nan2 Sheng3] provinces together - Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC) |
| 楚 | chǔ | - distinct - clear - orderly - pain - suffering - deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) - punishment cane (old) |
| 歌 | gē | - song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]) - (bound form) to sing |
| 歌 | gē | - variant of 歌[ge1] |
Other Words Containing 四面楚歌
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 四面楚歌 | - | - | 50,168 | 51,822 | 40,591 |